Jancis Robinson
The Splendid Table: Conversations & Recipes For Curious Cooks & Eaters
American Public Media
4.3 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 2 January 2010
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
This week we meet the woman behind the wine guide considered by most to be the most comprehensive ever published. England's Jancis Robinson, author of The Oxford Companion to Wine. Jane and Michael Stern are visiting Dave's Carry-Out in Charleston, SC, and Gourmet Magazine's John Willoughby introduces us the restaurants of Istanbul.
Broadcast dates for this episode:
- January 10, 2009 (originally aired)
- January 2, 2010 (rebroadcast)
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| 0:00.0 | Our common nature is a musical journey with Yo-Yo Ma and me, Ana Gonzalez, through this complicated country. |
| 0:08.1 | We go into caves, onto boats, and up mountain trails to meet people, hear their stories, their poetry, and of course, play some music, all to reconnect to nature and get closer to the things we're missing. |
| 0:24.5 | Listen to Our Common Nature from WNYC, wherever you get podcasts. |
| 0:30.4 | This week's Splendid Table is a repeat of an earlier broadcast. |
| 0:34.6 | Hi, it's Lynne Rosetta, Casper, and you're listening to The Splendid Table, the show for people who love to eat. |
| 0:40.9 | Our program is produced by American Public Media and brought to you by Mars for generations making chocolate from 100% pure cocoa butter. |
| 0:50.7 | Well, today it's Wine Authority, Janus Robinson. That name may not ring a bell for Americans, |
| 0:57.0 | but for the British wine establishment she's a force to be reckoned with. We talk about how |
| 1:03.0 | tight money could actually be a good thing for wine lovers. Jennifer McLoggins' cookbook, |
| 1:09.4 | Fat is a reminder of what we've been missing |
| 1:11.7 | in the flavor department. |
| 1:13.5 | Competitive eaters square off |
| 1:15.3 | over plates of spinach. |
| 1:16.9 | Our reporter delivers the blow by blow. |
| 1:19.4 | And as always, we're going to be |
| 1:20.7 | opening the lines for your calls. |
| 1:22.3 | Now, you can reach us at 800537.552. |
| 1:26.4 | Or online at splendidtable.org. But right now, let's get started with Jane and |
| 1:33.0 | Michael Stern, authors of 500 Things to Eat before it's too late. |
| 1:40.4 | Lynn, we just got back from Charleston, South Carolina, and we found a bounty of great places. |
| 1:47.5 | But probably our favorite was Dave's carryout, which is a little fry shop, Michael. |
| 1:54.5 | Is that a term we can coin? |
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